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Thursday, August 21, 2025
Zion Forever Project Announces 2025 Zion National Park Art Invitational SPRINGDALE The Zion Forever Project, in partnership with Zion National Park and Worthington Gallery, proudly presents the 2025 Zion National Park Art Invitational, taking place November 3-8 in Zion Canyon. This beloved annual event brings together fifteen accomplished landscape artists to celebrate the beauty and spirit of Zion through art. The 2025 featured artist is Royden Card, a southern Utah-based artist known for his vibrant color style. His work is held in prestigious collections, including the Smithsonian, state of Utah museums, and prominent private collections. Card also shares his expertise as an educator and has taught at multiple universities, including BYU, Utah Tech, Utah Valley University, and the Art Invitational Cont'd on B3
Community Honors Life of Local Young Man with Inaugural 'Live Like Landon' Award at 2025 GCJLS by Jaynie Connor
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The view from Danish Hill on the Capitol Reef National Park (CRNP) Scenic Drive looking north toward Fruita and The Castle. The "Reef Ride" bike event at CRNP is set to take place on the mornings of September 27th and 28th in celebration of the newly repaved Scenic Drive and National Public Lands Day. vehicle traffic and open to cyclists, including Class 1, 2, and 3 e-bikes, as well as hikers and runners. Event Details: Dates: September 27th and 28th, 2025 Time: Sunrise until 2:00 p.m. each day when Reef Ride Cont'd on B1
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tribute, a celebration of community, and a powerful reminder of what smalltown support truly looks like. The GCJLS was held during the Garfield County
Intermountain’s Downwinders Clinic Available to Help the Public as Federal Law Reinstated ST. GEORGE - The federal government has reinstated the Radiation Exposure Compensation Act, or RECA, after expiring over a year ago, and Intermountain Health’s Downwinders Clinic wants the community to know it is available to help families impacted by nuclear testing. The RECA statute provides family compensation for health issues encountered from radioactive fallout during the federal government’s nuclear testing at the Nevada Test Site decades ago. RECA Cont'd on B3
Fair at the Triple C Arena in Panguitch on August 8th. This year, the GCJLS community came together to honor the memory of one of its own, Landon Hatch,
who passed away at age 19. Landon was a young man whose kindness, energy, Live Like Landon
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Hallstrom Family Participates in CCAW Service Project as Part of Reunion by Lydia Berggren | Color Country Animal Welfare
Courtesy Erik Fjeldsted
As part of their reunion, Kathie and Jim Hallstrom (seated in the middle), who call Oahu, Hawaii home, wanted to give back to the community where Kathie grew up. They chose Color Country Animal Welfare (CCAW) for this meaningful cause. Sandy Borthwick and Ted Winder helped facilitate the service project with the Hallstrom family to enhance CCAW’s dog-walking trail. TORREY - Ted R. King was the son of Edmund and Cora King, sheep ranchers in Wayne County, Utah. After majoring in engineering at the Agricul-
ture College in Logan (now Utah State University), Ted married Kathleen Okerlund in August 1939. She passed away suddenly the following year.
In August 1941, Ted married Melva Davis from Box Elder County Service Project Cont'd on A3
UPCOMING EVENTS... Cruizin' Old 89 Car Show
Sept. 5 & 6 Panguitch, Utah
THURS. AUGUST 21 - WED. AUGUST 27 Slightly cooler this week with highs in mid-upper 80s, going down to 70s on Tues.-Wed. Lows in 60s, 50s. Isolated storms possible Tues./Wed.
by Peg Smith
GARFIELD CO. Water issues topped the list of Garfield County Commissioners’ concerns voiced at their August 11 Commission meeting. The draining of Tropic Reservoir continues to be a problem yet to be solved, although Commissioner Leland Pollock said he has another meeting scheduled with East Fork Irrigation Company, State Rep. Stratton, and state water engineer Teresa Wilhelmsen to again see how they might resolve this. “Nobody's going to tell me that you can have a dam there for 110 years ..and then because of a some little ticky agreement that you drain a reservoir that's been there that long,” he said. Placing the responsibility squarely on the water engineer’s decision, Pollock said it may be legal, but it’s not right.
The theme of the 2025 Garfield County Junior Livestock Show (GCJLS)—held on August 8 at the Triple C Arena—was “Live Like Landon," in honor of Landon Hatch, who passed away at age 19. As part of this tribute, organizers and Landon’s family introduced a new peer-nominated honor: the “Live Like Landon" award. All GCJLS youth exhibitors had the chance to vote for someone who they thought best represented Landon’s spirit, and the inaugural recipient of this meaningful award was Rylee Ward.
PANGUITCH - The 2025 Garfield County Junior Livestock Show (GCJLS) was more than just a showcase of livestock; it was a heartfelt
Garfield County Commission Aug. 11, 2025
Courtesy Callie Adams
CRNP Announces 'Reef Ride' Bike Event, Sept. 27 & 28
TORREY - Capitol Reef National Park is excited to announce the "Reef Ride" bike event, set to take place on the mornings of September 27th and 28th, in celebration of the newly repaved Scenic Drive and National Public Lands Day. During this special event, the Scenic Drive will be closed to
Issue #1629
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If you're gonna be two-faced, at least make one of them pretty. —Marilyn Monroe
Escalante Canyons Art Festival
Sept. 19-28 Escalante, Utah
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